The XL208 Crank Shear had a parameter called speed reduction that allowed the die to speed up, slow down or use the line velocity captured at the Start Match Position to finish the remainder of the die stroke.

Although the setup parameter still existed, this feature did not get implemented in the RE or MRE2 controllers.

We have added this feature to the RE and MRE2 models but we need to not impact machines that are working well and have been basically ignoring the value of the Speed Reduction parameter.

We are changing the name of the parameter to Shear Speed Adjustment to better reflect what it does. This has the added benefit of protecting a customer that has Eclipse and a potentially unwanted value for an old setup that prior to this change, did nothing.

When this parameter is set to to 0% it does nothing.

If it is non-zero, between 95% and 105%, it disables the Continuous mode operation. It captures the line velocity when the die is at the start match position and continues the die stroke all the way to home as if the material is moving at that velocity, multiplied by the Shear Speed Adjustment percentage.